Salina man faces arraignment in Syracuse double homicide, carjacking

Dick Blume / The Post-StandardMartinous Hudson will be arraigned today on charges he killed two friends.

Syracuse, NY - A Salina man is scheduled to be arraigned today in the fatal shooting of two friends last month and a carjacking that occurred moments later in his bid to escape from the Syracuse neighborhood.

Martinous Hudson, 28, of 368 Electronics Parkway, is facing two counts of second-degree murder, one count of attempted second-degree murder, three counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and single counts of first- and second-degree robbery and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to Senior Assistant District Attorney Melinda McGunnigle.

Authorities said the group of four friends was riding around smoking marijuana when Hudson reportedly began ranting incoherently about the devil, pulled out a gun and opened fire. The shooting occurred on West Glen Avenue the morning of Aug. 6.

The robbery charges relate to a second incident that occurred moments later in which Hudson is accused of stealing a car at gunpoint from a 73-year-old man in the parking lot of the apartment building in the 100 block of West Seneca Turnpike.

Hudson, who told police he was high on PCP at the time of the incidents, was recently ordered to provide a hair sample for the prosecution to test for evidence of any drug use.

He is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment before state Supreme Court Justice John Brunetti.